Expert Analysis

Previewing Justices' Driver Arbitration Exemption Review

The U.S. Supreme Court's forthcoming decision in Flowers Foods v. Brock, addressing whether last-mile delivery dri... (more story)

11th Circ. Ruling Stresses Economic Reality In Worker Status

The Eleventh Circuit's recent worker classification decision in Galarza v. One Call Claims, reversing a finding th... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: December Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses recent rulings and identif... (more story)

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11th Circ. Vacates Benefits Ruling In Black Lung Case

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday vacated a ruling that awarded survivors benefits to the widow of a railroad engineer who died after yearslong exposure to coal dust, finding the U.S. Department of Labor review b... (more story)

Conservative Justices Probe 'Husk' Of FTC Firing Protections

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority pushed back Monday against the 90-year-old precedent permitting the removal only for cause of Federal Trade Commission members, and perhaps those serving other in... (more story)

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Teamsters Local Defends Call Not To Arbitrate Worker's Firing

A Teamsters local asked a Michigan federal judge to remove it as a defendant in a Black construction worker's bias lawsuit, saying it decided not to arbitrate the employee's firing grievance not because of his... (more story)

NY Hotel Ordered To Pay $4.1M In Union Benefits Dispute

A Manhattan hotel operator must hand over $4.1 million to a hotel and hospital workers union, a New York federal judge ruled, finding that the operator has failed to respond to accusations that it owes money t... (more story)

Pa. Court Halts Bucks College Project Over Labor Agreement

Bucks County Community College in eastern Pennsylvania can't move ahead with a $2 million expansion of its HVAC training program because a potential bidder convinced a majority of the Commonwealth Court on Fri... (more story)

Arbitrator Erred In Tossing Firing Grievance, Union Tells Court

An Indiana federal judge should vacate an arbitration award that allowed a landfill employee's firing to stand, the ex-worker's union argued, saying the arbitrator based his award not on the language of the un... (more story)

Wash. AG, Lawmakers Pitch Bill To Protect Immigrant Workers

Two Washington lawmakers and the state's attorney general Friday announced plans to introduce legislation that would attempt to protect immigrant workers from federal crackdowns, saying the state's "prosperity... (more story)

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Hyundai Unit Seeks Exit From Cannabis Patient Case

A subsidiary of Hyundai wants to end a would-be employee's discrimination lawsuit that accuses the company of pulling back a job offer after learning she used marijuana to manage PTSD, telling a federal court ... (more story)

7th Circ. Mulls Vagueness Of Ill. DOC's Use-Of-Force Rule

A Seventh Circuit judge said Monday that it wasn't the court's job to determine if three fired prison guards violated their employer's use-of-force rule during their violent encounter with a prisoner, and that... (more story)

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9th Circ. Backs Calif. Court In Fired Officer's Race Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit upheld Monday the dismissal of a race bias suit from a Black ex-executive officer for a California state court, ruling her case lacked evidence that discrimination drove her termination rathe... (more story)

District Can't Get News Station's Docs In Principal Firing Case

A Colorado federal judge on Monday denied Denver Public Schools' motion to compel a local news station to hand over unaired interview footage and other unpublished documents provided to the station by a former... (more story)

FBI Agents Allege Unlawful Firing For Kneeling At 2020 Protest

A dozen FBI agents Monday sued bureau Director Kash Patel in D.C. federal court, alleging the bureau unconstitutionally fired them this year for their "tactical decision" to kneel during a racial justice protest in 2020.

Fired Worker Can't Get Justices To Mull Burden-Shifting Test

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former restaurant worker who said she was unlawfully fired after a diabetic episode, declining her invitation to review a legal test used to determine the viabili... (more story)

Justices Seek SG Input On Bias Protections For Coaches

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday requested input from the solicitor general on the case of two former Georgia college employees who have claimed that federal Title IX laws protecting students from sex discrimi... (more story)

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Truck Driver Class Cert. Must Wait For Calif. High Court Ruling

A California federal judge won't decide whether to certify a class of truck drivers in their wage suit against a construction materials company until the California Supreme Court resolves a separate wage suit,... (more story)

NC Restaurants Hit With DOL Suit Over Pooled Tips

Two North Carolina restaurants have, for four years, kept and pooled tips from front-of-house employees, while unlawfully distributing them to tip-ineligible, back-of-house employees in order to offset labor c... (more story)

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Delta Fights To Keep Pay Range Suit In Federal Court

A suit accusing Delta Air Lines of failing to include a compensation range in job postings should remain in federal court because the job applicant who sued established an injury, the airline told a Washington federal court.

1 Home Care Co. Axed From OT Rule Challenge

A home care company facing a U.S. Department of Labor suit over unpaid wages that is currently in the Sixth Circuit cannot stay in a case challenging an Obama-era rule expanding protections for home care worke... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. Hears Travel Nurses' Wage Args

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit in a proposed class action by travel nurses alleging Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Inc. and a staffing company unlawfully reloca... (more story)

Pa. Food Distributor Hit With Off-The-Clock Work Suit

A Philadelphia-based food distribution company failed to pay employees for mandatory work done before and after their shifts, a proposed class action alleges.

NYC Lawmakers Overturn Vetoes To Force Pay Equity Study

The New York City Council overcame vetoes from Mayor Eric Adams to enact laws that will require companies with more than 200 workers to supply pay data to the city, clearing the way for a study that aims to id... (more story)